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In  the  Administrative  County  of  West  Suffolk. 


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On  the  Health  and  Sanitary  Condition  of  the  Cosford  Rural  District  of  the  Cosford  Union, 
during  the  twelve  months  ending  the  31st  December,  1907. 

(Thirteenth  Annual  Report  to  the  Cosford  District  Council.) 


Population  (1891)  12354,  (1901)  11618,  {Males  5809,  Females  5809). 

Area  48572  acres.  Number  of  Persons  per  acre , 0.2. 

Number  of  Inhabited  Houses , 2703.  Number  of  Persons  per  Inhabited  House , 4.2. 


I.  Births.  There  were  267  births  registered  during  the  year  (130  males  and  137  females),  making  a 
birth-rate  of  22-9  per  thousand  of  the  population.  The  births  and  birth-rates  during  the  past  five  years  were  as 


follows : — 

1903. 

Births 282 

Birth-rates...  24.2 


1904. 

281 

24.1 


1905. 

283 

24.3 


1906.  1907. 

284  267 

24.4  22.9 


II.  Deaths.  The  number  of  deaths  from  all  causes  was  183  (95  males  and  88  females),  making  a 
death-rate  of  16.7  per  thousand  of  the  population.  The  deaths  and  death-rates  for  the  past  five  years  were : — 


1903.  1904. 

Deaths  169  169 

Death-rates..  14.5  14.5 


1905,  1906.  1907. 

138  171  183 

11.8  14.7  15.7 


Infantile  Mortality.  There  were  29  deaths  among  infants  under  1 year  of  age,  being  108.6  per  thousand  on 
the  registered  births.  Of  these  7 occurred  in  the  Hadleigh  Division  of  the  District,  and  22  in  the  Lavenham 
Division.  The  proportion  of  deaths  under  1 year  of  age  to  births  in  the  last  five  years  were  : — 


1903.  1904.  1905.  1906.  1907. 

108.5  106.7  63.6  95.0  108.6 


Zymotic  Diseases.  There  were  13  deaths  during  the  year  due  to  zymotic  diseases.  They  were — Measles  1, 
Whooping  Cough  6,  Epidemic  Influenza  4,  Enteric  l,  Erysipelas  1.  The  zymotic  deaths  and  death-rates  in  the 
past  five  years  were  as  follows  : — 


Small  Scarlet  Diphtheria.  Puerperal 

Diarrhoea. 

Typhoid 

Measles. 

Whooping  Epidemic 

Erysipelas. 

Totals. 

Death- 

pox.  Fever. 

Fever. 

Dysentery. 

Fever. 

Cough.  Influenza. 

rates. 

1903  — — 1 

— 

1 

1 

— 

2 5 

— 

10 

.8 

1904  — 1 5 

— 

1 

1 

— 

— 1 

— 

9 

.7 

1905  — — 1 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 3 

— 

5 

.4 

1906  — — 2 

— 

1 

— 

2 

6 1 

— 

12 

1.03 

1907  — — — 

— 

— 

1 

1 

6 4 

1 

13 

1.1 

Deaths  from  all  other  causes  were 

170,  or  14.6  per  thousand  of  the  population.  The  deaths 

in  this  district 

caused  by  the  principal  diseases,  and  death-rates  during  the  past  five  years  were: — 

Bronchitis. 

Phthisis. 

Pleurisy. 

Heart  Disease. 

Injury. 

Other  Diseases. 

Totals. 

Death- 

Pneumonia. 

rates. 

1903...  9 

14 

21 

3 

112 

159 

13.6 

1904..  9 

18 

19 

4 

110 

160 

13.7 

1905...  10 

13 

15 

3 

93 

133 

11.1 

1906...  8 

24 

24 

6 

97 

159 

13.6 

1907...  14 

21 

25 

4 

106 

170 

14.6 

III.  The  Infectious  Disease  (Notification)  Act.  The  total  number  of  cases  of  infectious  disease 
notified  in  this  district  during  1907  was  18,  or  1.5  per  thousand  of  the  population.  The  cases  notified  during 
the  past  five  years  were : — 


Smallpox. 

Scarlet 

Fever. 

Continued 

Fever. 

Diphtheria. 

Memb. 

Croup. 

Typhoid 

Fever* 

Puerperal 

Fever. 

Erysipelas. 

Totals. 

Per  Thousand 
of  Population. 

1903  — 

66 

— 

2 

— 

5 

— 

2 

75 

6.5 

1904  — 

33 

— 

17 

1 

1 

— 

4 

56 

4.8 

1905  — 

51 

— 

6 

— 

4 

1 

7 

69 

5.9 

1906  — 

4 

— 

10 

— 

— 

— 

2 

16 

1.3 

1907  — 

13 

— 

1 

— 

1 

— 

3 

18 

1.5 

Small  Pox.  There  were  no  cases  of  Small  Pox  in  the  district  during  the  year. 


Scarlet  Fever.  There  were  13  cases  in  all  (none  fatal)  during  the  year.  Five  were  at  Boxford,  seven  at 
Hitcham  and  one  at  Lindsey.  The  outbreak  at  Boxford  was  of  a very  virulent  character,  and  was  illustrative  of 
the  great  difficulties  that  may  be  experienced  in  dealing  with  an  epidemic  where  no  Isolation  Hospital  is 
provided.  The  first  case  was  that  of  a barmaid  who  was  sent  home  ill  from  her  situation  with  what  was  supposed 
to  be  a septic  throat.  Four  days  later  her  sister  went  down  with  scarlet  fever  of  a severe  type.  The  only  other 
inmate  of  the  house  was  the  invalid  mother,  who  was  quite  incapable  of  doing  either  housework  or  nursing,  and 
as  it  was  impossible  to  get  anyone  in  the  place  to  look  after  them,  another  sister  came  home  and  promptly  went 
down  with  the  fever.  It  then  became  necessary  to  send  to  Bury  Nursing  Home  for  two  fever  nurses,  and  to 
make  arrangements  to  provide  the  whole  household  with  food  and  other  necessaries  from  outside.  Before  manv 
days  the  invalid  mother  took  the  fever,  and  also  one  of  the  nurses,  and  another  nurse  had  to  be  sent  for.  The 
house,  a very  small  one,  was  now  overcrowded,  but  I was  fortunately  able  to  hire  an  empty  one  close  by  and  put 
in  sufficient  furniture  to  accommodate  some  of  the  cases.  The  greatest  difficulty  of  all  was  to  get  the  most 
necessary  washing  done,  as  there  was  a panic  in  the  neighbourhood  from  fear  of  infection,  and  in  the  end  it  had 
to  be  done  by  volunteers  from  my  own  household.  I may  say  here  that  the  first  case  of  “ septic  throat,”  although 
there  was  no  rash  visible,  was  undoubtedly  a case  of  scarlet  fever,  as  she  afterwards  peeled  freely.  Although  this 
outbreak  was  confined  to  one  family  it  cost  the  Sanitary  Authority  over  £46,  and  the  expense  would  have  been 
considerably  more  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  fortunate  chance  of  being  able  to  hire  the  empty  house  close  by. 

The  outbreak  at  Hitcham  was  almost  entirely  amongst  school  children,  and  was  of  a mild  type.  It  was 
introduced  into  the  village  by  a girl  who  had  been  discharged  from  a Fever  Hospital. 

Diphtheria.  There  was  only  one  case  during  the  year,  at  Chelsworth,  in  a house  where  there  was  a defective 
scullery  drain,  and  the  drinking-water,  obtained  from  a shallow  well,  was  also  unsatisfactory. 

Typhoid  Fever.  There  was  one  case  at  Lavenham,  which  proved  fatal.  The  drinking-water  in  this  case  was 
occasionally  obtained  from  the  river,  which  is  not  a wholesome  supply.  There  was  no  necessity  to  drink  the 
river  water,  as  there  was  a good  supply  obtainable  from  the  standpipe  in  Water  Street. 

Puerperal  Fever.  None. 

Erysipelas.  There  were  three  cases — One  at  Groton,  and  two  at  Lavenham,  one  of  which  proved  fatal. 

Anthrax.  There  was  one  case  (fatal)  during  the  year.  It  was  that  of  a workman  in  Mr.  Roper’s  Horsehair 
Factory  at  Lavenham.  A special  report  on  the  Factory  was  made  at  the  time,  and  the  question  of  the  prevention 
of  Anthrax  has  been  occupying  the  attention  of  the  County  Council  for  some  time. 

The  Special  Committee  appointed  to  investigate  the  matter,  in  their  report  “ recommend  the  County  Council 
to  point  out  to  all  District  Councils,  that  in  no  case  should  they  permit  the  effluent  from  Hair  Factories  to  drain 
into  streams  or  rivers  direct.” 

The  present  system  at  Mr.  Roper’s  Factory  is  to  disinfect  all  hair  by  immersing  it  in  a one  per  cent,  solution 
of  cyllin  for  24  hours. 

Tuberculosis.  There  were  16  cases  of  Tuberculosis,  14  of  which  were  Pulmonary.  I think  it  very  advisable 
that  tuberculosis  should  be  included  in  the  list  of  notifiable  diseases,  as  a good  deal  of  ignorance  still  exists  as 
to  the  precautions  that  should  be  taken  to  prevent  infection. 

IV.  Water  Supply.  There  is  nothing  fresh  to  report  with  regard  to  the  water  supply  of  the  district. 
The  villages  provided  with  public  wells,  from  which  they  partly  derive  their  supply  are : — Cockfield,  Elmsett, 
Groton,  Hitcham,  Lindsey,  Lavenham,  Monks  Eleigh,  Polstead  and  Whatfield. 

Those  parishes  which  depend  almost  entirely  on  ponds  for  their  water  supply  are : — Aldham,  Brettenham, 
Kettlebaston,  Milden,  Naughton,  Nedging,  Thorpe  Morieux,  Preston  and  Wattisham. 

Water  Analysis.  Eight  samples  were  analysed  during  the  year,  and  four  were  found  unsatisfactory. 

V.  Sewerage.  The  sewers  in  Boxford  and  Hadleigh  Hamlet  have  been  fitted  with  gully-traps  and 
block-traps,  in  place  of  the  previous!) -existing  cesspools,  which  were  a nuisance.  Forty-seven  yards  of  new 
sewer  have  been  laid  in  Hadleigh  Hamlet. 

VI.  Houses  and  Cottages.  During  the  year  there  have  been  four  cottages  repaired  and  cleaned  by 
order  of  the  Sanitary  Authority.  Three  cases  of  overcrowding  have  been  abated. 

VII.  Factory  and  Workshop  Act.  The  Factories  and  Bakehouses  have  all  been  inspected  during  the 
year  and  found  satisfactory  with  the  exception  of  one  small  bakehouse  at  Bildeston,  since  closed  as  being 
insanitary.  The  Bakehouses  are  all  above  ground,  and  the  Factories  are  all  provided  with  sufficient  means  of 
escape  in  case  of  fire.  There  are  66  Outworkers  engaged  in  horse-hair  weaving  or  tailoring.  Their  premises 
were  all  inspected  and  it  was  found  that  they  were  working  under  satisfactory  conditions. 

Section  22  of  the  Public  Health  Acts  (Amendment)  Act,  1890,  has  not  been  adopted  by  the  Council. 

VIII.  Contagious  Diseases  (Animals)  Act.  Dairies,  Cowsheds  and  Milkshops  Order.  There  are  no 
Milkskops,  but  seven  Dairies  and  Cowsheds  registered  in  the  district,  two  others  having  been  given  up  during 
the  year.  Three  are  at  Lavenham,  one  at  Boxford,  one  at  Bildeston,  one  at  Hitcham,  and  one  at  Whatfield. 
They  were  all  inspected  and  found  satisfactory. 

In  many  of  the  parishes  in  the  district  the  supply  of  milk  is  not  adequate  to  the  demand,  which  fact  is  to  be 
deplored,  as  milk  is  such  a necessary  article  of  diet,  especially  for  children. 

IX.  Slaughter  Houses.  One  was  ordered  to  be  cleaned  and  lime-washed. 

X.  Isolation  Hospital.  None. 

XI.  Schools.  All  the  Elementary  Schools  in  the  district  have  been  inspected  during  the  year.  In  one 
case  the  sanitary  arrangements  were  found  in  a very  dirty  condition, — since  remedied.  One  School  (Hitcham) 
was  closed  for  a time  on  account  of  an  outbreak  of  Scarlet  Fever,  and  three  were  closed  on  account  of  Whooping 
Cough  amongst  the  children. 

XII.  Sanitary  Inspection.  Report  of  Mr.  Scrivener,  Inspector  of  Nuisances — ‘‘A  house-to-house 
inspection  of  the  district  was  made  during  the  year  and  115  notices  served  for  the  abatement  of  nuisances,  a list 
of  which  in  the  various  parishes  is  given  in  the  Table  at  the  end  of  this  Report:  113  of  these  nuisances  have 
been  abated.  Eleven  houses  were  disinfected,  and  disinfectants  supplied  to  nine  cases.  Water  analysed,  ponds 
cleaned  out,  &c.,  7.” 

XIII.  Special  Reports.  There  were  two  special  reports  made  during  the  year,  one  on  the  Dairies, 
Cowsheds  and  Milkshops  under  the  Contagious  Diseases  (Animals)  Act,  and  one  on  a special  inspection  of  the 
Horsehair  Factory  at  Lavenham. 

The  Tabular  Statements,  according  to  the  forms  supplied  by  the  Local  Government  Board,  of  sickness  and 
mortality  in  the  district  are  appended  to  this  Report.  Also  a Tabular  Statement  according  to  a form  required 
by  the  West  Suffolk  County  Council. 

ALFRED  THOMPSON, 

Medical  Officer  of  Health. 


TABLE  II. — Cosford  Rural  District 


TABLE  I. — Cosford  Rural  District. 
For  Whole  District. 


Ti 

V 

0 

2 H 

| Births. 

Deaths  under 

One  Year 
of  age. 

Deaths  at  all 
Ages.  Total. 

0 

1 * 

Year. 

lation  estii 
to  middle 
f each  yea 

<u 

B 

Rate* 

<U 

rQ 

a 

Rate  per 
1000 
Births 

O 

a 

Rate* 

P,  § 

.3  a 

a?  • -3 

C/) 

0 O 

01 

0 

Ph 

0 

fc 

0 

3 

regis- 

tered. 

0 

& 

<D  l-H 

O 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

1897 

12354 

338 

27.3 

23 

68.0 

173 

14.0 

12 

1898 

320 

25.9 

40 

125. 

200 

16.0 

18 

1899 

310 

25.0 

25 

80.6 

167 

13.5 

16 

1900 

325 

26.3 

35 

107.6 

196 

15.8 

19 

1901 

11618 

327 

28.1 

35 

107.0 

179 

15.4 

17 

1902 

278 

23.9 

36 

129.4 

194 

16.6 

19 

1903 

282 

24.2 

34 

120.5 

169 

14.5 

10 

1904 

2S1 

24.1 

30 

106.7 

169 

14.5 

13 

1905 

283 

24.3 

18 

63.6 

138 

11.8 

19 

1906 

284 

24.4 

27 

95.0 

171 

14.7 

14 

Averages  \ 
for  years  f 

302.8 

25.3 

30.3 

100.3 

175.6 

14.6 

15.7 

1 «Q7  i 

1906...  ) 

1907 

11618 

267 

22.9  ! 
i 

29 

108.6 

183 

15.7 

12 

♦Rates  calculated  per  1,000  of  estimated  population. 


At  Census  of  1901 — 


Area  of  District  in  Acres  (exclusive  of  area  covered  by  water)  ...  48572 

Total  Population  at  all  ages  ...  ...  ...  ...  11618 

Number  of  Inhabited  Houses  ...  ...  ...  ...  2703 

Average  Number  of  Persons  per  house  ...  ...  ...  4.2 


TABLE  V. — Cosford  Rural  District. 


Infantile  Mortality  during  the  year  1907. 

Deaths  from  stated  Causes  in  Weeks  and  Months 
under  One  Year  of  Age. 


Cause  of  Death. 

Under  1 Week. 

1- 2  Weeks. 

2- 3  Weeks. 

| 3-4  Weeks.  j| 

| To’l un’er  1 M’th.|| 

| 1-2  Months. 

2-3  Months.  j 

3-4  Months.  il 

4-5  Months. 

5-6  Months.  1 

| 6-7  Months. 

| 7-8  Months.  || 

8-9  Months. 

9-10  Months. 

| 10-11  Months. 

| 11-12  Months. 

t otal  Deaths 
under  1 year. 

All  causes  : 

15 

1 

i 

i 

2 

i 

i 

3 

2 

i 

28 

Uncertified  

1 

1 

! 

Common  Infectious  Diseases 
Small-pox 

i 

i 

Chicken-pox 

"T 

Measles  ... 

...L 

Scarlet  Fever 

...i... 

Diphtheria:  Croup 

...L. 

Whooping  Cough 

, 

2 

1 

3 

Diarrhoeal  Diseases  : 
Diarrhoea,  all  forms 

Enteritis  ( not  Tuberculous ) 
Gastritis,  Gastro-intestinal 
Catarrh 

1 

Wasting  Diseases  : 
Premature  Birth  ... 

10 

... 

10 

Congenital  Defects 

Injury  at  Birth 

Want  of  Breast-milk 

Atrophy,  Debility,  Maras- 
mus 

Tuberculous  Diseases  : 
Tuberculous  Meningitis . . . 

j 

Tuberculous  Peritonitis  : 
Tabes  Mesenterica 

Other  Tuberculous  diseases 

! 

Erysipelas  ... 

! 

Syphilis 

1 

::: 

Rickets 

j 

Meningitis  ( not  Tuberculous ) 
Convulsions... 

! 

1 i 

1 

Bronchitis  ... 

1 

1 

Laryngitis  ... 

Pneumonia  ... 

i 

i 

2 

Suffocation,  Overlaying  .. 

... 

Other  causes 

6 

1 

i 

1 

i 

1 

i 

i 

12 

“T” 

16 

1 

i 

1 

2 

i 

i 

3 

i i 

...:  2 ... 

i 

29 

District  (or  Sub-division)  of  Cosford  Rural  District. 
Births  in  the  year  { } ...  267 

Deaths  from  all  causes  at  all  ages  ...  183 
Population,  estimated  to  middle  of  1907  11618 


Names  of 
Localities. 

1. 

WHOLE  DISTRICT. 

2. 

HADLEIGH 

DIVISION. 

3. 

LAVENHAM 

DIVISION. 

Year. 

Population  esti- 

mated to  middle 
of  each  year. 

Births  registered. 

Deaths  at  all 

Ages. 

Deaths  under 

one  year. 

Population  esti- 

mated to  middle 
of  each  year. 

Births  registered. 

Deaths  at  all 

Ages. 

Deaths  under  i 

one  year. 

Population  esti- 

mated to  middle 
of  each  year. 

Births  registered. 

Deaths  at  all 

Ages. 

Deaths  under 

one  year. 

a. 

b. 

c. 

d. 

a . 

b. 

c. 

d. 

a . 

b. 

c. 

d. 

1897  .. 

12354 

338 

173 

23 

4483 

141 

63 

10 

7871 

197 

110 

13 

1898  .. 

320 

200 

40 

, , 

124 

82 

18 

196 

118 

22 

1899  .. 

310 

167 

25 

, . 

103 

62 

7 

207 

115 

18 

1900  .. 

325 

196 

35 

134 

70 

10 

191 

126 

25 

1901  .. 

11618 

327 

179 

35 

4737 

130 

68 

11 

6881 

197 

111 

24 

1902  . . 

278 

194 

36 

103 

89 

16 

175 

105 

20 

1903  .. 

282 

169 

34 

115 

53 

8 

167 

106 

26 

1904  .. 

281 

169 

30 

, , 

103 

62 

8 

178 

107 

22 

1905  .. 

283 

138 

18 

. , 

108 

55 

3 

175 

83 

15 

1906  . . 

284 

171 

27 

109 

64 

8 

•• 

175 

107 

19 

Averages  \ 

of  years  / 
1897  to  ( 
1906..  ' 

302.8 

175.6 

30.3 

•• 

117.0 

66.8 

9.9 

•• 

185.8 

108.8 

20.4 

1907  .. 

11618 

267 

183 

29 

4737 

94 

65 

7I 

6881 

173 

118 

22 

TABLE  III. — Cases  of  Infectious  Disease  notified 
during  the  year  1907. 


Notifiable  Disease. 

Cases  notified  in  Whole  District. 

Tot’l  cases  notified 

At  all 
ages. 

Under 

1. 

1 to  5. 

At  age 

5 to  15 

— Year 

15  to 
25. 

s. 

25  to 
65. 

65  and 
upw’ds 

in  e« 

1 

ich  loc 

2 

ality. 

3 

Small-pox  . . 

m , 

# , 

.. 

.. 

Cholera 

. , 

Diphtheria  . . | 

i 

. . 

1 

, . 

i 

. , 

1 

Membranous  Croup  ) 

. . 

. . 

, . 

Erysipelas  . . 

3 

1 

1 

i 

3 

i 

2 

Scarlet  Fever 

13 

1 

6 

2 

4 

, , 

13 

6 

7 

Typhus  Fever 

, . 

, , 

. , 

, , 

Enteric  Fever 

1 

i 

, , 

1 

i 

Relapsing  Fever  .. 

, , 

, , 

, , 

. . 

. , 

, , 

, , 

Continued  Fever  . . 

. . 

, , 

, , 

, , 

, , 

Puerperal  Fever  . . 

. • 

. . 

. . 

Plague 

•• 

•• 

•• 

•• 

Totals 

18 

1 

8 

2 

6 

i 

18 

7 

il 

ISOLATION  HOSPITAL  NONE. 


TABLE  IV.— Cosford  Rural  District. 
Causes  of,  and  Ages  at,  Death  during  year  1907. 


Causes  of  Death. 

Deaths  in  whole  district  at 
subjoined  ages. 

c Deaths  in  Lo- 

■ calities. 

! A,.  -11 \ 

Death  in  Public 
Institutions. 

All  ages. 

Under  1 
year. 

1 & under  5 

5 and  under 
15. 

15  and  under 
25. 

25  and  under 
65. 

65  and 
upwards. 

5 

j 

1 

1 

2 

-cs.y 

3 

Small-pox 

| 

Measles 

i 

1 

! i 

i 

Scarlet  Fever.. 

{ 

Whooping-cough 

6 

3 

3 

, , 

6 

2 

4 

Diphtheria  and  Mem- 

branous  Croup 

. . 

, , 

Croup  . . 

, . 

( Typhus 

, , 

, , 

Fever  1 Enteric 

i 

i 

1 

i 

( other  continued 

Epidemic  Influenza  . . 

4 

4 

4 

1 

3 

Cholera 

Plague . . 

Diarrhoea 

Enteritis 

3 

i 

i 

i 

3 

3 

Puerperal  Fever 

Erysipelas 

i 

i 

i 

i 

Other  Septic  Diseases 

, , 

Phthisis 

14 

2 

ii 

i 

14 

6 

8 

Other  tubercular  diseases 

2 

i 

1 

2 

2 

Cancer,  malignant  disease 

11 

5 

6 

11 

4 

6 

1 

Bronchitis 

15 

i 

i 

i 

, . 

12 

15 

1 

14 

Pneumonia 

6 

2 

2 

. # 

2 

6 

1 

5 

Pleurisy 

. , 

. . 

, , 

, , 

, , 

Other  Diseases  of  Res- 

piratory  Organs  . . 

. . 

. , 

Alcoholism  . . 1 

Cirrhosis  of  Liver  f ' ' 

z 

1 

2 

* * 

2 

Venereal  Diseases 

Premature  Birth 

10 

10 

10 

1 

9 

Diseases  and  Accidents 

of  Parturition 

Heart  Diseases 

25 

1 

7 

17 

25 

6 

16 

3 

Accidents 

4 

2 

2 

4 

1 

2 

1 

Suicides 

2 

2 

. , 

2 

1 

1 

All  other  causes 

76 

12 

4 

2 

13 

45 

76 

29 

40 

7 

All  causes 

183 

29 

11 

4 

4 

43 

92 

183 

53 

118 

12 

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Sanitary  Statistics  of  Cosford  Rural  District,  for  the  Year  1907. 


Subjects. 

Aldham 

Bildeston 

Boxford 

Brent  Eleigh 

Brettenham 

Chelsworth 

Cockfield 

Edwardstone 

Elmsett 

Groton 

Hadleigh 

Hamlet 

Hitcham 

Kersey 

Kettlebaston 

Lavenham 

s 

a 

CS 

Lindsey 

Milden 

Monks  Eleigh 

! Naughton 

1 

Nedging 

! Polstead 

Preston 

Semer 

Thorpe 

Morieux 

Wattisham 

1 

Whatfield 

j Workhouse 

Total. 

Acreage 

1755 

1171 

1325 

1684 

1438 

877 

3626 

1891 

1992 

1560 

427 

4308 

1510 

1041 

2898 

2531 

1230 

1343 

2099 

980 

856 

3414 

2006 

1242 

2497 

1272 

1599 

48572 

Population — 1901  ... 

238 

788 

612 

182 

273 

199 

854 

416 

361 

358 

183 

755 

482 

129 

2018 

464 

221 

152 

553 

142 

171 

669 

288 

+ 182 

370 

149 

317 

92 

11618 

„ 1891  

228 

736 

682 

221 

336 

227 

926 

420 

434 

437 

191 

874 

482 

120 

1908 

542 

253 

160 

547 

144 

200 

745 

318 

1189 

385 

178 

365 

116 

12354 

I.  Births—  

6 

22 

7 

5 

12 

7 

25 

7 

6 

4 

7 

17 

9 

5 

43 

8 

4 

4 

15 

2 

. 17 

5 

3 

5 

8 

10 

4 

267 

1907 — Rate  per  1000  ... 

25.2 

27.9 

11.4 

27.4 

43.9 

35.1 

29.2 

16.8 

16.6 

11.1 

38.2 

22.6 

18-6 

38.7 

21.3 

17.2 

18.0 

26.3 

27.1 

14.0 

25.4 

17.3 

16.9 

13.5 

53.6 

31.5 

43.4 

22.9 

1906 — Rate  per  1000 

12.6 

21.5 

16.3 

49.4 

36.6 

30.1 

28.1 

21.6 

33.2 

22.3 

27.3 

30.4 

18.6 

16.5 

25.7 

25.8 

27.1 

13.1 

19.8 

28.1 

17.5 

29.8 

20.8 

21.9 

21.6 

13.4 

12.6 

32.6 

24.4 

II.  Deaths,  Zymotic — 

1 

L 

1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

2 

1 

1 

... 

... 

... 

... 

13 

Rate  per  1000  ... 

4.2 

1.2 

5.4 

3.6 

1.1 

2.4 

3.9 

0.9 

2.1 

6.5 

1.1 

,,  From  other  Causes  ... 

1 

5 

5 

1 

4 

4 

13 

6 

5 

3 

2 

9 

9 

2 

35 

3 

4 

2 

10 

1 

3 

7 

6 

1 

h 

3 

4 

12 

170 

Rate  per  1000  ... 

4.2 

6.3 

8.1 

5.4 

14.6 

20.1 

15.2 

14.4 

13.8 

8.3 

10.9 

11.9 

18.6 

15.5 

17.3 

6.4 

18.0 

13.1 

18.0 

7.0 

17.5 

10.4 

20.8 

5.4 

29.7 

20.1 

12.6 

130.4 

14.6 

,,  Total 

1907 — Rate  per  1000 

2 

6 

5 

2 

5 

4 

14  7 

5 

3 

2 

12 

9 

2 

37 

4 

4 

3 

10 

1 

J) 

7 

6 

1 

11 

3 

4 

12 

183 

8.4 

7.7 

8.1 

10.9 

18.3 

20.1 

16.3 

16.8 

13.8 

8.3 

10.9 

15.8 

18. G 

15.5 

18.3 

8.6 

18.0 

19.7 

18.0 

7.0 

17.5 

10.4 

20.8 

5.4 

29.7 

20.1 

12.6 

130.4 

15.7 

1906 — Rate  per  1000  ... 

12.6 

10.1 

8.1 

21.9 

18.3 

10.0 

11.7 

12.0 

13.8 

16.7 

5.4 

11.9 

10.3 

16.3 

21.5 

4.5 

26.3 

16.2 

11.6 

14.9 

20.8 

16.4 

21.6 

13.4 

3.1 

120.6 

14.7 

III.  Infectious  Diseases — 
(Notification  Act.) 

Cholera 

Croup  

,, 

Diphtheria  

1 

1 

Erysipelas  ...  

1 

2 

3 

Puerperal  Fever 

... 

Scarlet  Fever  

Small  Pox  

Typhoid  Fever  

5 

7 

”l 

1 

13 

1 

Typhus  and  other  Fevers 

... 

Total 

5 

1 

1 

7 

3 

1 

18 

IV.  Water  Supply*  

1 

1 

5 

1 

12 

4 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

31 

Sanitary  Inspectionf 

2 

8 

14 

2 

3 

4 

10 

2 

5 

8 

4 

7 

7 

4 

8 

1 

1 

3 

2 

7 

1 

3 

2 

7 

115 

•Public  Supply 


fNotices  Issued.